CFTC Charges Two Defendants with Fraudulent Solicitation, Impersonation of a CFTC Investigator, and Forging CFTC Documents, All in Attempt to Steal Bitcoin Fraud

CFTC release 7813-18 · 2018-09-28 · view on cftc.gov ↗

Key facts

Release number: 7813-18
Release date: 2018-09-28
Type: Fraud
Primary source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7813-18

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